Dana Wilde mulls the rare sightings of Craspedacusta sowerbii, hoping to be surprised someday by a bloom of freshwater jellyfish.
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine
On the Edge: Happy Catholic Schools Week, sisters
J.P. Devine ponders his own Catholic school memories and the sisters who taught him along the way.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Gaza is full of regular, innocent people
America is a bystander to this conflict, at best. At worse, we are actively handing the bullies a stick.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Reporting Aside: Warding off the winter blues
As the cloudy days wear on, with little sunshine, there are things we can do to help ward off the winter doldrums, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: We must be smart in our push for new housing
Let’s pass housing bills that would increase inventory while conserving wildlife habitat and Maine’s rural character.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Life & Culture, Movie Review J.P. Devine, Op-Eds
TV SERIES REVIEW: ‘The Dry’ is a strange, often bewildering sitcom
In the opening scenes of Paddy Breathnach and Nancy Harris’s “The Dry,” we meet Shiv (short for Siobhan played by Roisin Gallagher) arriving home unexpectedly from London in a cab. She seems surprised that no one in the family is there to meet her. Once you meet this family, you’ll wonder if she really grew […]
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: We can help the grid handle more EVs on our roads
As our state’s decision makers grapple with the Advanced Clean Cars II standards, they must dispel the myth that the grid can’t handle them.
Posted inColumns, Liz Soares
Thinking Things Through: A storied history with ‘card catalog vintage’
Liz Soares mulls the evolving ways in which we can find and organize what we read.
Posted inColumns, Opinion
Opinion: Checking of high school grades by parents has gone too far
In theory, keeping close tabs on things is OK. In practice, there are major downsides for students like me.